Conan and the Mists of Doom is a 1995 sword and sorcery

Sword and sorcery

Sword and sorcery is a sub-genre of fantasy and historical fantasy, generally characterized by sword-wielding heroes engaged in exciting and violent conflicts. An element of romance is often present, as is an element of magic and the supernatural...

 novel written by Roland Green

Roland Green

Roland Green is a retired Canadian mountain bike and road bicycle racer. Green was a member of the Canadian Olympic Mountain Bike Racing Team for the 2000 Summer Olympics, held in Sydney, Australia...

, featuring Conan the Barbarian

Conan the Barbarian

Conan the Barbarian is a fictional sword and sorcery hero that originated in pulp fiction magazines and has since been adapted to books, comics, several films , television programs, video games, roleplaying games and other media...

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Plot synopsis

The story is set in the Kezankian Mountains and the borderlands of Turan. After Conan's time spent with the Afghulis begins to sour, he leads a band of tribesmen away from the Afghuli mountains and towards Koth. As they travel, they are intercepted by Turanian soldiers, led by Khezal, a old acquaintance of Conan's . Khezal offers Conan and his group freedom if they help combat the Mist of Doom, a life-draining force that is attacking Khezal's landholdings near the mountains. Unbeknownst to Conan or Khezal, The Mist is controlled by the Lady of the Mists, who is gathering captives to feed the Mist, in hopes of controlling it

The Afghulis and Turanians meet up with a third group of desert nomads, the Ekinari, led by Bethina, an attractive young warrior. The three groups combine forces in an effort to defeat the Mist before it grows out of control. In the climatic battle, the Lady of the Mist is killed, but not before she can summon a death element; the two magical forces collide, destroying the valley and each other. Conan's chief advisor, Farad, and Bethina stay in the valley to repopulate it, and Conan rides on to Koth.